EP3496807A4 - Device and method for hearing threshold-adapted acoustic stimulation - Google Patents

Device and method for hearing threshold-adapted acoustic stimulation Download PDF

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EP3496807A4
EP3496807A4 EP17839995.2A EP17839995A EP3496807A4 EP 3496807 A4 EP3496807 A4 EP 3496807A4 EP 17839995 A EP17839995 A EP 17839995A EP 3496807 A4 EP3496807 A4 EP 3496807A4
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hearing threshold
acoustic stimulation
adapted acoustic
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Gerald R. Popelka
Peter Alexander Tass
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Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Leland Stanford Junior University
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    • A61N1/36036—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation of the outer, middle or inner ear
    • A61N1/36038—Cochlear stimulation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F11/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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EP17839995.2A 2016-08-12 2017-07-20 Device and method for hearing threshold-adapted acoustic stimulation Pending EP3496807A4 (en)

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DE102016009874.0A DE102016009874A1 (en) 2016-08-12 2016-08-12 Apparatus and method for hearing threshold adapted acoustic stimulation
PCT/US2017/043151 WO2018031215A1 (en) 2016-08-12 2017-07-20 Device and method for hearing threshold-adapted acoustic stimulation

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